The Jedburgh Podcast #137: Screwdrivers Can't Change Tires - Home Base CEO BG(R) Jack Hammond (2023 Army Navy Game Series)
America’s military must return our service members back to society ready to lead. Special operators are given the best tools in the military to do their jobs. They’re also completely immersed into the special forces lifestyle with almost no distractions. Yet when they leave service, they’re often left to themselves to find the right tools and to figure out what training they need to be successful in the next chapter.
Two of America’s most important organizations have partnered to bring our Veterans the best tools and training all wrapped up into an immersive, life changing program.
For the third episode of our 2023 Army Navy Game tailgate series Fran Racioppi sat down with retired Brigadier General Jack Hammond, CEO of Home Base. Home Base is founded and supported by the Boston Red Sox and Mass General Hospital; a formidable team dedicated to winning and solving the most complex challenges in medicine and athletic performance.
Home Base provides leading edge clinical care to the medical challenges faced by our veterans; including the effects of prolonged blast exposure, mental trauma, diabetes and even cancer. Veterans train directly with the best medical and athletic performance professionals in the industry with one goal in mind; return our military personnel back to society ready to perform at the highest level and continue to lead others.
Take a listen, watch or read our conversation…and whether you’re from Beantown or not, this is a Red Sox game you want to be a part of.
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Highlights:
- 0:00 Welcome to the Army Navy Game Tailgate
- 3:50 Home Base is built by the Boston Red Sox & Mass General
- 7:06 Two months of therapy in two weeks
- 11:18 How Home Base is treating Operator Syndrome
- 16:38 How to support Home Base
- 17:50 Proven results of the program
Quotes:
- “When you look at the opportunity with those two powerhouse organizations and what the potential is to actually bend the curve and make a difference; they had me at hello.” (5:30)
- “We have access to the best clinical resources in the world. Bar none.” (6:12)
- “We created this 14-day intensive clinical program…that compresses two years of therapy into two weeks.” (8:55)
- “We’re gonna be able to figure out what are the downstream chronic illnesses associated with concussive injury.” (13:49)
- “If you don’t have the tools to do a job, it’s like a monkey trying to change a tire with a screwdriver.” (19:50)